At least the gatehring after will probably be a symposium :-)
Symposium sounds good to me, conference as backup. Can you ask
LinEvents what the difference is?
jeff smith
Benjamin Scott wrote:
>
> On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Jerry Kubeck wrote:
> > I am posting the Linux business Show to the Linux events website and they
> > want to know if this is a LUG meeting, Conference, Symposium, trade show,
> > or work shop.
>
> Well. This is much more then a LUG meeting. A "work shop" is usually a
> class-room-like atmosphere. So neither of those are it. I think a "trade
> show" is usually a bit more technical and task-oriented then this. So let us
> rule out those three, leaving conference and symposium.
>
> My dictionary defines a "symposium" first as a "conference", so I'm not sure
> of the distinction Linux Events is making. But given the entomology of
> symposium as Latin for "drinking party", I vote we go with that. ;-)
>
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